Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is a safe and efficient system for air passenger and cargo transportation within an urban area, inclusive of small package delivery and other urban Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) services, which supports a mix of onboard/ground-piloted and increasingly autonomous operations. In recent years, UAM has developed rapidly due to advances in technology and with pilot projects underway in Dubai and planned
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This research project will present a process for quantifying the consequences of delayed maintenance of airport assets. It will cover asset preservation policies, maintenance and budget needs, and the analyses of delayed maintenance scenarios. This process considers delayed maintenance caused by the inability to meet the owner-defined application schedule or the unavailability of the funds required to perform all needed
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Develop guidelines for the design of airfield infrastructure to meet the unique needs of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The output of the research could be a guidebook to help practitioners design aviation facilities dedicated to safely and efficiently meet the operational requirements of UAVs of various sizes and configurations.

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Examine airport planning, design and construction projects and their outcomes considering the utilization of a Safety Risk Assessment (SRA) process. The SRA process, whether the result of FAA guidance or as part of an airport Safety Management System, is intended to identify and resolve important safety risk consequences early in the project formulation process. This project would identify specific benefits for using
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Develop tools for evaluating the risk of runway incursions based on airport-specific factors such as airfield configuration, weather, aircraft operations, aircraft characteristics, and air traffic management practices. This project would involve data collection from historical runway incursion event data for storage in a relational database. These events would be classified by type following FAA and international taxonomy.
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The main objectives of this idea are providing the U.S. airport industry and their stakeholders (airlines, ATO, ground handling service providers, etc.) with the following:
- Overview of the green taxiing solutions and their typical concepts of operations,
- Impact of these systems on airport operations, planning and design,
- Benefits for the environmental footprint and guidance for integrating the deployment of these
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The objectives of this research project are to:
• Create an electronic resources library – preferably a website. This searchable electronic library should provide an inventory of available publications including the abstracts and index of ACRP research documents and non-ACRP research documents related to airside planning, design and operations.
• Recommend a process for keeping the website up-to-date.
• Identify which
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Many airports have air traffic control tower (ATCT) facilities that were constructed more than 50 years ago and despite renovation and rehabilitation efforts, they are reaching the end of their useful life. Some do not meet updated FAA siting and design criteria, and other state-of-art practices. NATCA conducted a survey in 10 years ago (2007) that indicated over two-thirds of the ATCTs were rated as having fair to poor
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This research would examine several examples where implementation of Metroplex or other procedures has resulted in widespread increased community complaints and would explore options for redesigning those flight tracks to reduce noise concentrations over noise sensitive areas while satisfying project design goals and constraints. Changes in aircraft noise exposure, fuel consumption, and air emissions would be quantified
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Research Topics

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This research topic is focused on supporting the activities necessary to run an airport organization. Topics found within this subject area may cover issues such as the ownership and management of any airport, procurement of services, contracting and agreements, and improvements and investments in the facility.

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The Environment research topic has historically been focused on three primary areas including water, air, and noise. Each of these areas has been further separated into subtopics of emphasis, such as groundwater, wastewater, various air quality concerns, and noise modeling. Other topics have also been added to this overall research field to address issues such as NEPA compliance, alternative fuels, and climate change impacts.

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This research topic area is very large in scope. It includes subtopics that cover the entire industry, such as strategic planning, and others that focus narrowly on specific planning aspects of individual airport systems or types of projects. The subtopics associated with policy and planning generally include physical infrastructure, economic development and fiscal management, planning, and public relations/communications.

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This topic area is focused on issues related to safety on or near an airport. Subtopics may include those related to managing safety (safety management systems and safety risk management), as well as responding to events (emergencies, incidents, weather events and mutual aid).

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Providing security at an airport can take many practical forms, but most programs and efforts, and therefore research, will address airfield, building, or cyber security. The Security research topic area encompasses issues concerning these three, main security domains.

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The Human Resources topic area applies to every industry organization with employees. Subtopics therefore involve aspects of policy, operations, and organization that affect employee experience. Research may address factors of individual experience, such as recruitment and professional development, or concern corporate goals, like positive work environment, leadership development, or specific operational programs related to personnel.

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Nearly every development project begins with the design process; therefore, much like the policy and planning topic area, the Design research topic area addresses a wide range of design disciplines targeting a vast and diverse number of airport facilities, such as pavements, buildings, environmental aspects, and technology solutions.

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Following a similar trend with the topics of planning and design, the construction topic also spans a wide range of facilities, as they usually come to fruition once the planning and design have been accomplished. Consequently, similar subtopics are found in this category (pavements, buildings, utilities, etc.) along with topics such as phasing, demolition, and inspection.

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Maintaining an airport facility is a complicated task that requires the continual operation of a vast number of individual facilities that make up the airport as a whole. Pavements (airside and landside), buildings, electrical systems, and utilities are just a sample of the various systems that must be maintained.

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The broad applicability of this topic area necessitated that it be split into three, primary operational sub- areas: Airside, Landside, and Terminal . These areas each then encapsulate a list of more narrowly focused topics, which cover the wide array of issues related to the operation of an airport facility.

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